MLK March at a glance

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January 11, 2012
: Updated: January 11, 2012 1:54pm

Ilyasah Shabazz poses next to a statue of her father, Malcolm X, inside the lobby of the Audubon Ballroom in New York on Monday, Feb. 14, 2005. Shabazz and her sisters are leading the way with plans to convert the ballroom, the scene of Malcolm X's assassination on Feb. 21, 1965, into a historical center.

THE BASICS

• What 25th annual march celebrating the legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), who would have been 83 on Sunday.

• When Monday. March at 10 a.m.; commemorative program at noon in Pittman-Sullivan Park.

• History San Antonio’s MLK March has been listed as one of the country’s biggest, rivaling the one held in King’s hometown, Atlanta. Crowd estimates usually top six figures.

• Commemorative Program Featured speaker is Martin Luther King III, with music from gospel artist Earnest Pugh, a winner of two 2010 En Sound Music Awards. The Memphis native is known for his spectacular five-octave voice. Also includes presentation of the new Rev. R.A. Callies Courage Award. Callies, who founded the march, died in June at 82.